pelagic
adjective/pəˈlædʒɪk/
/pəˈlædʒɪk/
(specialist)- connected with, or living in, the parts of the sea that are far from landWord Originmid 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek pelagikos, from pelagios ‘of the sea’ (from pelagos ‘level surface of the sea’).
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